This week, Professor Goldman posted his 2024 Internet Law Year in Review. Always a good read. As of January 1, 2025, some additional Mickey Mouse short films have entered the public domain, along with plenty of other company. Finally, Meta announced that it is ending its third party fact checking program. Internet Law Year In…
Links for Week of January 3, 2025
Happy New Year! A lot of people are weighing in on the TikTok case with the Supreme Court, including President-Elect Trump. A vigilant YouTuber noticed that the DMCA takedowns on his channel appeared to be coming from a non-official email address, and was able to prevail against the fake lawyer. Finally, the 6th Circuit has…
Links for Week of December 27, 2024
Happy Holidays! Be careful out there – scammers can hack Google Forms to send official looking emails from Google.com, so merely looking at just the domain of where the phishing email is coming from is not always enough. This person lost a lot of cryptocurrency. Techdirt had a nice post on the victory by the…
Links for Week of December 20, 2024
This week, we learned that the Supreme Court will indeed weigh in on the TikTok ban. Apparently, drug sales are flourishing on social media. Finally, hat tip to GeekPress for highlighting a post by Eugene Volokh on whether the promises made by chatbots can be legally binding. TikTok Appeal to Supreme Court Social Media and…
Links for Week of December 13, 2024
This week, there were several articles revolving around the liability of chatbot operators for teen suicides linked thereto. Apple is facing a lawsuit saying they did not do enough to remove CSAM from their services. Chatbot Operator Liability for Teen Suicide Apple CSAM Lawsuit
Links for Week of December 6, 2024
This week, the D.C. Circuit ruled to uphold the TikTok ban, which likely will be appealed to the Supreme Court. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced proposed rules to rein in data brokers, but those rules are likely to be amended by the next administration. Finally, I liked the post by Steve Crocker that highlights…
Links for Week of November 29, 2024
Happy Thanksgiving! Posts are lighter than usual this week due to the shorter working week. Still, I wanted to point out a few posts of note. Several posts discussed a recent Schedule A case where the Northern District appears to be looking closer at joinder. On CircleID, I liked Doug Dawson’s post about copyright liability…
Links for Week of November 22, 2024
This week, the Department of Justice revealed its plan to remedy Google’s search monopoly by requiring a sale of its Chrome browser. Ever wonder what the data that companies get from online games is used for? This week, Niantic announced that the geolocation data from its players is used to train an AI model. Finally,…
Links for Week of November 15, 2024
This week, I liked Cathy Gellis’ new article on the government censorship inherent in the DMCA as it is currently written. A recent 5th Circuit decision on copyright damages is being requested for rehearing en banc over whether the statutory damages should have been assessed per song, as opposed to per album. Finally, I liked…
Links for Week of November 8, 2024
This week, there’s a lot of uncertainty as to what President-Elect Trump will do in his second term. Ars Technica had a nice look at what might occur in AI regulation. Circle ID has a nice look at the future of Internet regulation. Finally, IAPP’s summary looks at those as well as privacy regulation. Future…